Happy Feet drops from ESL One Hamburg

Due to unfortunate visa issues Happy Feet are dropping out from ESL One Hamburg, the first major of the season, to be held during October 26-29 of the current year.

The South East Asia team achieved its qualification after defeating Clutch Gamers in a convincing fashion 3-0 in the final. It is important to note that Clutch defeated both Fnatic and Mineski in their run.

I assume Clutch will take their place as runner-up, really sad news though. To be able to qualify for a MAJOR in a region with Mineski (and arguably Fnatic) and then getting beaten by the visa office is such a damn shame.

Its not suprising at all if you consider the political circumstances. the german foreign office has classified the Philippines as potentially dangerous; they have been issuing warnings not to travel there for years. Due to Duerte's government being the unstable clusterfuck that it is at the moment, i highly doubt that any player from the Philippines will be granted a visa to Germany, or central Europe entirely, until at least the civil war in Mindanao is resolved.

Fnatic confirmed for the event, an ESL rep on reddit said something to the effect of"These things happen on very short notice, and in the end Fnatic was able to attend with the same roster they played with in quals"Which could mean Clutch didn't get back to them, Clutch didn't have enough time to secure visas, or Clutch is having a roster change